Do you think that things were better in the fifties? Do you feel that now, we're living in an immoral, STD-riddled age where people are rude to each other? Then you may have written an editorial for The Washington Times. »10/11/10 3:30pm 10/11/10 3:30pm

Archeologists have discovered evidence of a 4,200-year-old henge. It consisted of 24 massive timber obelisks, almost the same size as the standing stones at Stonehenge, and was located just 900 meters to the north-west of the site. »7/22/10 12:25pm 7/22/10 12:25pm

A penis-shaped object has been found in Sweden that some archeologists believe might been a Stone Age dildo. However, there is a chance it's an oddly-formed carving tool. Measuring just 4 inches, we sort of hope it's the latter. »7/22/10 9:47am 7/22/10 9:47am

Using the memoir of the Goebbels family governess, Emma Craigie retells the finals days in Hitler's bunker - from 12-year-old Helga's POV. Helga was sensitive, spirited, and suspicious, but she also holds the unfortunate title: "Hitler's favorite little girl." [Telegraph] »4/09/10 12:20pm 4/09/10 12:20pm

A new book explores the ancient city of Cahokia, which lay along the Mississippi. Along with elaborate infrastructure, archeologists have uncovered evidence of large-scale human sacrifice, including two prominent men surrounded by the sacrificed corpses of 53 "lower-status women." [Salon] »8/07/09 11:20am 8/07/09 11:20am

Whatever the outcome of the 2008 election, we can all still honor the fact that we are allowed to vote in the first place! On June 4th, 1919, Congress approved the women's suffrage amendment, and sent it to the states for ratification. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony had been working explicitly since 1869… »6/04/08 1:30pm 6/04/08 1:30pm

What is it about Converse shoes everyone always has to fetishize? America is asking itself on the hundredth anniversary of the company, which is not actually a company but a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nike Inc., not that you care, because you understand; these things happen. As Hank Stuever says: "It is not an angry… »3/28/08 12:30pm 3/28/08 12:30pm

Charlie Wilson's War, which opened on Friday, is a movie I think everyone should see. Not because Julia Roberts delivers a shoddy Texas accent or because Philip Seymour Hoffman steals every scene he's in or because Tom Hanks is the lead and Americans love Tom Hanks even more than deep-fried crucifix-shaped guns. But… »12/26/07 12:30pm 12/26/07 12:30pm

A few months back a curious thing happened to a big luxury brand executive: she began questioning what the crap the point of all those logos was. So she quit her job at Yves St. Laurent and got a new job working someplace slightly less offensive so she could go all existential in today's Huffington Post: »10/17/07 11:30am 10/17/07 11:30am